The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12


without any yocatlons being ELECTED, The ilrst
ha @ broke the sSs spe
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she , q asked to be received in the society. But
their rplS was yet 90 Limited they did
ln'a Rso6 sg da Buy S
nlty. In order tp pay Tor part q the sxpeassss
e sr sp s scd xG som the d asss
plate In about year afHH Sos ,hs house %e
t haa o sSSa rse sedl 0r its name Lstle
Sisters OF the Poor, and by It's CON
ss o YEA sSsn and SE S sSy ssa
large dwelling. was also full: nifty aged persons
wss enrrsa out may be Inferred from Rs
s he od pe a9 had bsd sat- %
s for their T meal on zach aarn.
declining to partake Of II. the door bell rang.
expestedIy. abundant aims Of bread ana msat.
AS their number had t SeSSme oy dh Us time
Mary Ausastine III for Rennss:' shS located
drinking !n Saloons Having met WIKI ear.
n nss ' sbs dd and not little to 'sf buy
nsaso sssvan enRs four tis sIsss.s e
postulants from Rennes, and on her arrival
she found that the number Of her companions
had ns e.
tain proposaiss from The town Of Oman. and
with the consent Of the two cpratss OF the
St. Brieuc. they went there and established
themselves temporarily n building ni1 which ,sl
Rsa wSyns ssnay
The Sisters set apart the healthiest. room for
sh asnsI and See sa q G5 %
better than ior themssslyss; After several
Byy ~ s!oss ysss Is9s thy Ssa man.
Ssss s1es sna s%Dsssa
to az pa
time p beusht Tor 5000 francs spacious dwell:
Ing With and % atched and
tabllsh. Sister 'i Feicts died two years after
Hn a ap ss Ssah q Mobss 4ih a as
who aiterward became Superior OF the, house
IN the Faubourg st. JACQUES, was ruined. The
and its progress, twelve postulants from dif-
ee tbs verified ps ssa 9y ID sSe
Door WorHwomen. mere sf servant girls WITH
out out any means. but deslrous Of loving God. A
foundation In Paris vas next thouGht OF: In
en Paris re- FSere they spent i've nenths.
a an o T hsy Sas e t.
useful purposes Mother Mary set to work to
wait upon persons taken down with the cholera.
sot, han, -onp IL, pnrfQ u,
house Was Was got in the Rss St Jae9Hss snd q i
she afterward became Superior; The next call
to hs o Bho
Of the diocese and the consent Of the curate Of
the parish, without both Of which the Little
They started with capital Of twenty francs,
met with the warmest reception. and founded
fou1ded AZ Besancen. In the extreme easters
were founded at, Anglers, Bordeaux; Nancy:
sheir q fosndaien nj The 81 story e always the
and and sdi
hstors Of the order 'e can hardly BE- mag
in 1850 In time. although not one Of the Sis
q paGs
Tgon the 2erss;.aS sPp!iSssioS Ct f.x Gard Mn
fourteenth house was opened at Laval. and
the fifteenth at Lyons; In, 1882 there
we're 49, honses t e. 4, those IN the
% in Spain, 5 IN Africa. IN italy. in Sicily.
The he Little sisters i've under the rule of St. Au
gustine with constitutions adopted to their
mode Of e The house q n1EGss has been
Contained about 800 noyices and postulants
had come there to form themselves to the life Of
self-denial and devotedness Of Little Sister OF
jths Poor; BY decree dated July 9, 1884, the Pope
rial government Of France, was admitted to
1es 'h a aga
which is about equivalent to what We under !le
a1d here as being mhe LITTLE
the most powerful manilestations Of charity Of
sh ssd s Little to s ss h had Sa
braeed the way Of life first attemp.ed in the
Bodybuilding Of Eanchon Aubert, by Marie de
ana
they consider to Be- NO sss i%portant, endeaVor
i've IL example to
have bssh ths shs Gnsa
for tho introduction q the 6onsresation e q the
Little Sisters t'the PQor; Int our country.
BY bishops IS and Jealous layrnen. but without
result, owing to the scarcity Of sqbiects. who
S6s s sIsss1 ss sa ss
Archbishop visited the mother house Of the
Little Sisters and In an interview. with the
founder warmly pleaded the cause OF the aged
poor Of his diocese. Not discouraged by the
delays resting on such reasonable grounds. he
later on paid second visit to the reverend
founder and renewed his request with such
persuasive eloauence that the SuPeriors felt
that It was q manifestation Of Gods will, and
children to the distant shores Of America
Accordingly In May, 1868. the Rev. Ernest NJ.
Lelieyre priest attached to the congregation,
sailed from Cork to prepare the way and make
the necessary arrangements for their introduce
tion into the United States. He was most cor
daily Welcomed by the hierarchy and the laity,
and the late Rev. Annet Lafort, rector OF the
Church Of st. Vincent de Paul In New York. in
troduced him to the Bishop OF Brooklyn. who
that city was selected for the establishment Of
is q The same year seven Little Sisters landed
In New York, and proceeded to the house
which had been hired for them at 6Os Pc Ralb
the Mother Provincial Of the houses in this
country. few weeks after second COLONY
seinnati, and in December of the same year the
houses were opened at Baltimore. st. Louis
Philadelphia, and Louisville The succeeding